Early Arkansas History

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Across
  1. 2. City where the flag’s designer lived
  2. 5. Color of the diamond on the Arkansas flag
  3. 6. Arkansas became apart of the United States after this purchase
  4. 9. Founder of the Arkansas Gazette newspaper
  5. 13. Created in 1819 after separating from Missouri Territory
  6. 15. Political rival whose death led to the “Crittenden-Conway Duel”
  7. 17. The process of becoming a state
  8. 18. Known as the “Father of Arkansas Statehood”
  9. 20. Arkansas’s number in order of admission to the Union
  10. 21. Number of blue stars below the word “Arkansas”
  11. 23. Territorial secretary who helped move the capital to Little Rock
  12. 25. free state that joined with Arkansas
  13. 26. Last territorial governor of Arkansas
Down
  1. 1. Document Arkansas wrote to apply for statehood
  2. 3. Term describing Arkansas’s early territory environment
  3. 4. reason for Arkansas having to be partnered with another state to become a state
  4. 7. Color of the border and star background
  5. 8. The first newspaper printed in Arkansas
  6. 10. Became the permanent capital because of its central location
  7. 11. First territorial capital of Arkansas
  8. 12. Title of the leader before statehood
  9. 14. Approved Arkansas’s request for statehood
  10. 16. One reason the capital was moved to Little Rock
  11. 17. People moving into Arkansas during territorial times
  12. 19. The region Arkansas was part of before becoming its own territory
  13. 22. type of state Arkansas had to become a state
  14. 24. Background color of the Arkansas flag